How to Use frantically in a Sentence

frantically

adverb

• The government lawyer thumbed frantically through his binders.
  — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024
• The agency has been frantically trying to reform its way out of further fiscal fiasco.
  — David Williams, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
• Rogers called the police and frantically searched for the child.
  — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2023
• His wife Pamela got the call and frantically raced to the office parking lot.
  — Laura Geller, CBS News, 4 June 2024
• Once upon a time, Hank Prior frantically chopped at the ice to save the life of his drowning son.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2024
• The whole time the drag buzzed as Pendergraft frantically turned the handle.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 June 2023
• Wolves coaches frantically tried to set the defense in case of a second miss.
  — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
• Residents searched frantically for places to buy food and bread, but most stores were closed.
  — Nimet Kirac, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
• The servers are frantically rushing bottles of wine and empanadas to the tables of people chatting at the top of their lungs.
  — Matthew Dursum, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2023
• Peyton has a flight to catch in a few hours, and her line companion is frantically phoning a friend to come stand in for her.
  — Jenna Kunze, ELLE, 21 Apr. 2023
• The teen is seen frantically pulling a gun from his hoodie pocket and opening fire.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
• Mark Slaugh spent most of that night frantically calling and texting to make sure his siblings were still alive.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 11 Dec. 2022
• No more searching frantically for the missing tees, balls, or golf balls.
  — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023
• David prays, frantically, as Tyler points the weapon at his sleeping daughter.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 July 2024
• If the sketch came true, the Volvo, Mercedes, Ford, and Audi stylists would soon be frantically whittling away on some fresh five-doors.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023
• Stuart would spend that night and the next four nights in Traci and her husband’s cramped RV, frantically searching Craigslist for a free or cheap trailer.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
• The guy who is just across the room, frantically deleting computer files.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 23 June 2023
• Fans frantically reached for their pockets to grab their phones and snap pictures of Ortiz, attired in black from head to toe.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• To make up for the absence of incident, the narrative jumps around frantically in time.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
• Viewers are frantically trying to figure out the host of the BET Awards, but the network has not yet announced who will be hosting.
  — oregonlive, 25 June 2023
• Jacob, alone in the aircraft, appeared to look around frantically before bailing out of the plane.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
• First responders in one video yanked on the Acura’s door and frantically tried to rescue Thornton as flames and smoke spread.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2024
• Miller got out of the car and allegedly frantically confronted the bystander and begged them not to call 911, the affidavit states.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
• And then Craig ran outside, frantically explaining that his wife had been drunk, taking drugs and jumped out of the window.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2023
• There's also a time-saving key leash that makes finding my keys a breeze — no need to frantically rummage through my bag.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
• Stepping up in Biden World right now looks a lot like frantically scooping water out of a sinking ship.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 July 2024
• In one video, people could be seen frantically going through the rubble to dig out the seeming lifeless body of one young victim.
  — Kareem Khadder, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
• Aneel, one of many frantically trying to find a way out, was stranded in Tal al-Hawa, a neighborhood in southern Gaza City.
  — Hind Khoudary, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2023
• San Francisco had the air this week of teenagers frantically cleaning up after a house party with their parents on the way home.
  — Heather Knight, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• In one image from the scene at the hospital, medics frantically treated a bloodied young boy on a stretcher.
  — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024